[78-L] Spike Jones orphan

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
> It's RCA Victor 45-5165, "Hawaiian War Chant" b/w "Chloe." It does not 
> show up in the Hawaiian discog because I thought (obviously by mistake 
> because I now have a 78rpm label scan of it) that the 45- prefix was for 
> 45rpm records.
> Still learning,
> 
No...Victor had NO idea they would invent and promote a 45rpm record
back when they created a 45-#### number sequence (I don't know if
this was also true for 46-* ?!). As a result, 45's were numbered in a
47-* when they appeared...!

Steven C. Barr